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The Blue Nile, Tinseltown in the rain, Vinyl I believe that hats can be both more elegant and more relaxed.

Agreed X2. Especially, after he acted l like such an arrogant ass last week. Bummed that Russell didn't get the win and was disqualified. Tired of Hamilton and verstsappen winning at this point.

Belated birthday wishes!

It's Land Rover time here on MV again. This year's location (which, ahem, was changed last minute) wasn't as nice as last year's. Also the lighting conditions were fare worse. With that said, I went around with my 5D IV and 17-40. The combination of camera body and lens looks "official" so (most) people got out of my way. I won't win any awards for framing with most of these. As is invariably the case, what the camera doesn't show is the real story. I was constantly dodging moving vehicles (both LRs and not) as well as ambling attendees. Also as I mentioned, the sunlight was very harsh. I'd have brought along my speedlite, but last time I tried to power it up, it refused. The 580EX was $400 in 2006, I shudder to think was the replacement model costs these days. Bonus doggo. She didn't quite know what to make of all the commotion.

Ale has begun to delve into my music collection, and this album is quickly becoming one of his favorites.

We have been staying in the south of the island for almost two weeks.We need a few days away from home. I took advantage of the opportunity to take some photos in very low light with the R6 MKII. I´m very surprised with the good result, the problem with this thing is that consumes batteries like hell.

Hats The Blue Nile. I love this vinyl

When I was your age I trained for a long distance hill run called the Bob Graham Round in the English Lake district. 63 miles with the height of Everest in it. 42 peaks, a lot on bouldery broken ground. You have to complete it in less than 24 hours. If I was not climbing at 160bpm plus on an ascent I wasn't working hard enough. Now if I get to 160bpm in the gym, at 68, I think I'm going to die. Age is not your friend as you pile on the years. Mind you at 61 I did the Yorkshire 3 peaks. Biggest hills in Yorkshire - a marathon distance but with 6,500 feet of ascent. I trained hard for that, and did 7h15m.

Thanks guys, it is a ride I’ve done once before and is in essence uphill the whole way. I mean yes, there are descents after the big climbs but as a point to point there’s a lot more up than down. And a persistent headwind out of the north was not something I’d bargained on. Oddly enough, what freaks most people out is my HR data. AVG: 158bpm, MAX: 178. Not too shabby for a 48 year old.

Wait, is that the soundtrack to this movie?